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Joe Langen

http://www.commonsense-wisdom.com


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Joe Langen  

My home page presents my writing. I have written four books, Commonsense Wisdom for Everyday Life, Young Man of the Cloth, The Pastor's Inferno and Navigating Life:Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage. I also write a biweekly newspaper column Selections from my books and columns appear on my website.

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    Conversations with Calliope- The Cult of Immediacy

    (Immaculate Conception Monastery Garden)

    JOE: Good morning Calliope.
    CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I was confused about something in your blog yesterday.
    JOE: Oh?
    CALLIOPE: You talked about e-book readers but then you attached a picture of a young man talking on his cell phone and ignoring the attractive girl sitting next to him. I didn't get the connection.
    JOE: I guess it was a bit of a stretch. I was thinking about our need for immediate communication which I think detracts from our thinking about what are communicating and to whom.
    CALLIOPE: I see. Do you think the almost immediate availability of information through machines such as an e-book reader or cell phone a bad thing?
    JOE: Not necessarily. Other than getting used to the new technology, I am concerned that being in such easy touch with data makes it more difficult for us to think about it in any sort of context.
    CALLIOPE: Tell me more.
    JOE: It is as if we are part of the machinery conveying data bits but not evaluating what we are saying.
    CALLIOPE: What would you suggest?
    JOE: I'm not sure I have anything to offer right now. It's just a concern I have.
    CALLIOPE: What do you plan to do personally?
    JOE: Make sure I have time to digest information by stepping back from the data stream and reflecting on information as it comes in and relating it to what I already know or suspect.
    CALLIOPE: Sounds like a good plan.
    JOE: It's the only one I have at the moment. Talk with you tomorrow.

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